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Trojans fall hard on road to Rebels

UALR’s Stetson Billings and Mississippi’s Murphy Holloway go for the ball during Friday night’s game in Oxford, Miss.
UALR’s Stetson Billings and Mississippi’s Murphy Holloway go for the ball during Friday night’s game in Oxford, Miss.

— Reserve guard Derrick Millinghaus scored 19 points and added five assists as Mississippi had five players who scored at least 10 points Friday night to defeat UALR 92-52.

Marshall Henderson, who made 5 of 10 from three-point range, added 17 points for the Rebels (3-0). Nick Williams scored 12 points, Murphy Holloway had 11 and Reginald Buckner added 10 and a team-high 11 rebounds in the balanced attack.

John Gillon scored 14 points for UALR (1-2), which shot just 29.7 percent from the field (19 of 64). The Trojans led 10-3 in the opening four minutes but trailed by as many as 42 points, 81-39, in the second half.

Ole Miss shot 52.4 percent (33 of 63) from the field and forced 20 turnovers. The Rebels held a decisive 47-34 edge in rebounds and blocked 10 shots, including five by Aaron Jones.

“It’s great to see Derrick have that kind of performance; he needed it,” Ole Miss Coach Andy Kennedy said. “Marshall has been very good in three games. Arkansas-Little Rock is young at the guard position and our guys were able to take advantage of that.”

Millinghaus, who was 1 of 13 from the field in the Rebels’ first two victories, was 5 of 11 against the Trojans and added four rebounds and three steals in his most extensive playing time, 23 minutes, this season.

The Rebels pulled away after the opening four minutes, primarily on the strength of a 27-9 run. Henderson hit two three-pointers while Buckner added three blocks and five rebounds to highlight the decisive series.

Ole Miss opened the second half on a 19-2 run, with Holloway and Henderson accounting for 14 points, to build a 66-35 lead with 14:18 left. UALR never got closer than 35 points in the final 12 minutes.

The Rebels improved to 54-2 in nonconference home games in Kennedy’s sevenyear tenure and is 3-0 all-time against UALR.

ARKANSAS STATE 77, TENNESSEE-MARTIN 73, 3OT

MARTIN, Tenn. — Ed Townsel scored 19 points, hitting four free throws in the final 2 minutes, as Arkansas State outlasted Tennessee-Martin in triple overtime. After each team scored seven points in the first overtime and none in the second, the Red Wolves (2-1) dominated the Skyhawks 12-8 in the third. The game featured 17 lead changes and 15 ties, with Jeremy Washington’s jumper with a second left in regulation allowing Tennessee-Martin to tie the game at 58-58.

In the third overtime, Brandon Peterson’s layup and Townsel’s two free throws gave ASU a four-point lead.

The Skyhawks (1-3), cut it to one on Mike Liabo’s three-pointer, but Marcus Hooten answered with a Red Wolves three-pointer with 1:15 left.

Neither team scored again until Liabo’s layup with 4 seconds left, then Townsel’s two foul shots sealed it a second later.

Justin Childs led Tennessee-Martin with 21 points. Myles Taylor (Little Rock Hall) added 18.

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CENTRAL ARKANSAS 47, ALCORN STATE 39

LORMAN, Miss — Central Arkansas limited Alcorn State to just 16 secondhalf points to escape with a victory over the Lady Braves.

Led by first-year Coach Sandra Rushing, the Sugar Bears held the Lady Braves to just 28.3 percent shooting (17 of 60), and in three games this season have yet to allow an opponent to shoot 33 percent or better.

UCA needed that defensive effort, as it shot just 33.3 percent (16 of 48), including just 2 of 12 (16.7 percent) from three-point range, but converted 13 of 19 shots at the free throw line to distance themselves from the Lady Braves. The Sugar Bears also outrebounded the Lady Braves 43-27. Junior center Courtney Duever led all players with 17 points, and grabbed 11 rebounds. Senior forward Megan Herbert was held to just six points, but grabbed 15 rebounds to move into sixth place in Southland Conference history with 1,150. Senior guard Micah Rice had seven points and six rebounds. Renelle Richmond led Alcorn State (0-3) with 12 points.

Sports, Pages 30 on 11/17/2012

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